- elevation 29 m (95 ft) Mouth Maputo River | Length 265 km Country South Africa | |
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- location Near Utrecht, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - location Maputo Province, Mozambique | ||
The Pongola or Phongolo River (Afrikaans: Pongolarivier) is a river in South Africa. It is a tributary of the Maputo River. It rises near Utrecht in northern KwaZulu-Natal, flows east through Pongola, is dammed at Pongolapoort, and crosses the Ubombo Mountains; then it flows north towards Mozambique, joining the Maputo River.
Map of Phongolo, South Africa
Its main tributaries are the Bivane River and the Mozana River in South Africa, as well as the Ngwavuma in Swaziland.
References
Pongola River Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA